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"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It appears in the 2000 film The Million Dollar Hotel, which was produced by U2 lead vocalist Bono, and the song was included on the film's soundtrack. Author Salman Rushdie is credited as the lyricist, as the words are taken from his 1999 book The Ground Beneath Her Feet.
The song is also featured in the 1981 film, Body Heat, played at an outdoor summer concert by a big band on stage. In the 1971 novel Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher, the song is prominent in chapter 19. That's when the main character, Hermie, visits Dorothy shortly after she has received the news of her husband's death in World War II.
Her eyes they shone like diamonds and the evening it was wet, wet, wet. Her hair hung down in curls, she was a charming rover, And we rode all night, through the pale moonlight, away down to Lamorna. As we got in the cab, I asked her for her name, And when she gave it me, well, mine it was the same, So I lifted up her veil, for her face was ...
The original version was produced by the Cataracs. "Wet" reached number 40 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 18 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. A remix of the song entitled "Sweat" was released by French DJ David Guetta on March 4, 2011.
Winfrey's wife Sandi was pregnant at the time, and her ankles were swollen. With the song "Hair" being popular at the time, somebody suggested writing a similar song about ankles. That song turned into "Take a Load Off Your Feet". Brian Wilson would later add some lyrics and help with the melody. [1]
Every Song Taylor Swift Wrote About Joe Alwyn on ‘Tortured Poets Department’ She continued, “And I think when you go through heartbreak, there’s part of you that thinks, ‘I want a new ...
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A cover of the song by "Sweat Invaders" is featured in the 2011 video game Just Dance 3 [38] [39] and the 2012 video game Just Dance Wii 2, while a cover by Boston Soundlabs is used in the 2010 video game Just Dance Kids. The song has been played in many films and television shows.